Friday, October 12th, 2007

Space Rocks Auction

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Lunar Meteorite Allan Hills (ALHA) A81005, found in Antarctica NASA photo S83-34612

Psssst, wanna buy a space rock? Later this month, a major auction house is offering what it calls an auction of 'fine meteorites,' including a piece of the famous Willamette meteorite on display in the American Museum of Natural History in New York. (The piece was traded to a private collector over a decade ago in exchange for some Martian meteorite samples.) Buying bits of space has become a big business. In this segment, Ira talks with an expert on space-related collecting about the trend.

Guests

Robert Pearlman
Founder and Editor, collectSPACE.com
Member, U.S. Space Walk of Fame Foundation Board of Directors
Induction Committee for the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame.
Houston, Texas

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Segment produced by:Annette Heist

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